2015 US Code
Title 12 - Banks and Banking (Sections 1 - 5710)
Chapter 16 - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Sections 1811 - 1835a)
Sec. 1831g - Contracts between depository institutions and persons providing goods, products, or services

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 16 - FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Sec. 1831g - Contracts between depository institutions and persons providing goods, products, or services
Containssection 1831g
Date2015
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 3, 2016
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditSept. 21, 1950, ch. 967, §2[30], as added Pub. L. 101-73, title II, §225, Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 275; amended Pub. L. 103-325, title VI, §602(a)(59), Sept. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 2291.
Statutes at Large References103 Stat. 275
108 Stat. 2291
Public and Private LawsPublic Law 101-73, Public Law 103-325

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12 U.S.C. § 1831g (2015)
§1831g. Contracts between depository institutions and persons providing goods, products, or services(a) In general

An insured depository institution may not enter into a written or oral contract with any person to provide goods, products, or services to or for the benefit of such depository institution if the performance of such contract would adversely affect the safety or soundness of the institution.

(b) Rulemaking

The Corporation shall prescribe such regulations and issue such orders, including definitions consistent with this section, as may be necessary to administer and carry out the purposes of, and prevent evasions of, this section.

(c) Enforcement

Any action taken by any appropriate Federal banking agency under section 1818 of this title to enforce compliance on the part of any insured depository institution with the requirements of this section may include a requirement that such institution properly reflect the transaction on its books and records.

(d) No private right of action

This section may not be construed as creating any private right of action.

(e) Study(1) In general

The Attorney General and the Comptroller General of the United States shall jointly conduct a study on the extent to which—

(A) insured depository institutions are entering into contracts with vendors under which the vendors agree to purchase stock or assets from insured depository institutions or to invest capital in or make deposits in such institutions; and

(B) if such practices occur, the extent to which such practices are having an anticompetitive effect and should be prohibited.

(2) Report to Congress

Before the end of the 1-year period beginning on August 9, 1989, the Attorney General and the Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Congress on the results of the study conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).

(Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 967, §2[30], as added Pub. L. 101–73, title II, §225, Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 275; amended Pub. L. 103–325, title VI, §602(a)(59), Sept. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 2291.)

AMENDMENTS

1994—Subsec. (e)(1)(A). Pub. L. 103–325 substituted "the vendors" for "venders".

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